A toast to honesty!
Chitra Ahanthem
Our days are mainly filled with news about violence, scams, protests and most things negative about Manipur and it is safe to say...
Oh, No Comments On Manipur
by Sanasam Umananda
About two months ago, a sultry July afternoon played host to some oldies of Manipur with ripe delicious mangoes and luscious pine-apples...
Who says “Khoibus are not Maring”?
by Khrilkhaa Lhouwa Maring
We are giving below some of the truths and facts about our community - "MARING" where we come accross some instances...
Kudos for bold power PIL
Dear Sir
Kudos to Pradip Phanjoubam, Editor IFP, Prof. Amar Yumnan, MU and Dr Akoijam Bimol, JNU for their bold initiative. The recent drive by...
Hello, Hello, Hello, Am I talking to Electricity Complaint Room ?
“One who pays bills regularly, even if he is the poorest or the most backward, is more important than a Very Important Person who...
The Political Impasse Of Autonomous District Councils In Manipur
by Jubilate Kazingmei
The hill, valley divide in Manipur owing to development disparity has already reached a point of territorial disintegration of the state and...
IFP editorial superb
Sir,
Kudos to 'Imphal Free Press' for the brilliant editorial "The Republic"(28 January).
It is simply barbaric that when as many as 75 percent of our...
Extreme Step- Letdown Nation!
by- G. S. Oinam
Journalism is not one day match; it is a life time job says Rajdeep Sardeshai, CNN-IBN. Journalism is an art of...
Irresponsible reportage
Dear Sir,
Apropos the Hueiyen Lanpao English edition of Tuesday, January 25, 2011, the front page photo with the caption ‘Minor girl roped in as...
Their Will be Done (on Earth)
by Dennis Misao
In the present age ofscams, and of land scams in particular, this expose’ is written without any pride, prejudice, malice, greed, or...
Requiem For an Old Teacher
by Nivedita Salam
I was nine and my brother eight when he entered our lives. Tall, fair, guffawing, paan-chewing old man. I cannot remember my...
If You Love a Bird… Time to Mature India’s Manipur policy
By Amar Yumnam
There is a saying and a lovely one at that which goes as: “If you love a bird, set it free. If...
Stand in queue please!
Chitra Ahanthem
A familiar routine of life in Manipur and more so specifically true of Imphal is the sight of long winding queues: for petrol,...
Supplement to “An ode to Manipur’s last princess”
Sir,
This relates to my tribute to the Imashi Wangonsana the Late Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi entitled “An ode to Manipur’s last...